Trump seeks description and hold of D.C. constabulary takeover
Trump is now saying he plans to activity legislature support to federalize Washington, D.C.’s constabulary section beyond 30 days, a move Democrats are vowing to fight. It comes arsenic protesters return to nan streets to sound concerns complete nan president’s announcement to grow nan National Guard and national serviceman beingness successful nan nation’s capital. NBC’s Gabe Gutierrez reports for TODAY.
Man charged pinch a felony aft allegedly throwing a sandwich astatine rule enforcement has been fired from DOJ job, AG says

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Gary Grumbach, Jesse Rodriguez and Megan Lebowitz
A man charged pinch felony battle aft being accused of throwing a sandwich astatine rule enforcement yesterday has been fired from his occupation astatine nan Justice Department, Attorney General Pam Bondi said successful a station on X.
"If you touch immoderate rule enforcement officer, we will travel aft you," Bondi said. "I conscionable learned that this suspect worked astatine nan Department of Justice — NO LONGER. Not only is he FIRED, he has been charged pinch a felony."
The man was charged past nighttime aft being accused of throwing a sandwich astatine a U.S. Customs and Border Protection supplier successful D.C.
"You will NOT activity successful this management while disrespecting our authorities and rule enforcement," Bondi continued successful nan post.
DeSantis announces 2nd Florida detention halfway to location undocumented immigrants

Carla Kakouris and Rebecca Shabad
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced nan opening coming of a 2nd detention halfway successful his authorities to location and process undocumented immigrants.
At a property conference, nan Republican politician said that nan authorities will usage a vacant portion of Baker Correctional Institution successful Sanderson, turning it into what he called "Deportation Depot." He noted that nan facility, successful nan bluish portion of nan state, is adjacent Lake City Gateway Airport.
DeSantis said that nan installation would person nan aforesaid services arsenic nan first detention halfway that was precocious opened, dubbed Alligator Alcatraz.
Kevin Guthrie, head of Florida's Division of Emergency Management, said that nan caller halfway would clasp up to 1,300 people.
The announcement comes a time aft a Florida judge heard closing arguments successful an biology lawsuit complete Alligator Alcatraz arsenic opponents push for nan shutting down of nan center. The aforesaid judge issued an order past week that temporarily halted building astatine nan site.
Trump floats including Zelenskyy successful a 2nd gathering pinch Putin
Trump suggested connected Fox News Radio's "The Brian Kilmeade Show" that he mightiness clasp a 2nd gathering pinch Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy aft tomorrow's summit.
"Depending connected what happens pinch my meeting, I'm going to beryllium calling up President Zelenskyy, and let's get him complete to wherever we're going to meet," Trump said.
"I don't cognize wherever we're going to person nan 2nd meeting," Trump added, going connected to opportunity nan management was considering 3 locations, and nan "easiest" would beryllium Alaska.
Asked whether he told Zelenskyy to beryllium fresh to recreation to a meeting, Trump said he did not want to talk astir a 2nd gathering "even to him," and that he did not "want to moreover bespeak location mightiness beryllium a 2nd meeting."
"We're going to beryllium calling President Zelenskyy if it's a bully meeting," Trump added moments later. "If it's a bad meeting, I'm not calling anybody. I'm going home."
Trump referred to a imaginable 2nd gathering yesterday arsenic well, telling reporters that if nan first gathering goes "OK," he wanted to clasp a 2nd gathering pinch Putin and Zelenskyy "almost immediately."
Kremlin spokesperson says Putin is not expected to motion agreements successful Alaska
Sean Nevin and Megan Lebowitz
Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told authorities media coming that he does not expect Putin will motion documents aliases agreements during his travel to Alaska.
He based on that "it would beryllium a large correction to unreserved ahead, to effort to get up of ourselves and to effort to foretell nan outcome."
Peskov said that typical envoy Steve Witkoff's caller travel to Russia was "productive," saying it helped make nan Alaska acme possible.
Trump casts uncertainty connected doing a news convention pinch Putin
Trump said successful an question and reply connected Fox News Radio's "The Brian Kilmeade Show" that he was not judge he would clasp a associated property convention pinch Putin.
"I'm going to person a property conference. I don't cognize if it's going to beryllium a joint," Trump said successful nan question and reply connected "The Brian Kilmeade Show." "We haven't moreover discussed it. I deliberation it mightiness beryllium bully to person a associated and past separates."
The president's comments travel soon aft White House property caput Karoline Leavitt said successful a "Fox & Friends" question and reply that nan scheme was for nan 2 leaders to reside nan media together. The Kremlin besides said that Trump and Putin would clasp a associated property conference.
Trump confirmed that he would clasp a news convention regardless.
If nan gathering goes poorly, Trump said, "I'll person a property convention to opportunity that nan warfare is going to spell on, and these group are horribly going to proceed to sprout each different and termination each other, and I deliberation it's a disgrace."
In caller ad, Virginia Lt. Gov. Earle-Sears hits erstwhile Rep. Spanberger for voting pinch 'Pelosi and Biden each azygous time'
Ben Kamisar and Bridget Bowman
Virginia Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears, a Republican, is retired pinch a caller advertisement contrasting herself pinch her opponent, erstwhile Democratic Rep. Abigail Spanberger, successful nan intimately watched title for Virginia politician this fall.
“Four years ago, we rejected profession politicians and sent a message: Move Virginia forward,” Earle-Sears says successful nan ad. “But Abigail Spanberger is simply a Washington insider who voted pinch Pelosi and Biden each azygous time. That benignant of Beltway delirium will only return america backwards. I’m Winsome Earl-Sears. Governor Youngkin put america connected nan correct path. Now I’m asking for your ballot to support it that way."
The run calls it a six-figure buy, and it comes arsenic Spanberger has importantly outspent nan Republican’s run connected nan airwaves, $5.3 cardinal to $2.9 million, done today, according to AdImpact.
The caller advertisement comes weeks aft Earle-Sears' run shook up its statement and demoted its run manager.
White House property caput says Trump is consenting to enact sanctions connected Russia

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Megan Shannon and Megan Lebowitz
White House property caput Karoline Leavitt said this greeting connected Fox News' "Fox & Friends" that while Trump wants to extremity nan warfare successful Ukraine done "diplomacy and negotiation," he is besides consenting to enact "sanctions and galore different measures."
"But again, diplomacy and speech has ever been nan measurement for this president, and that’s portion of his acceptance of nan Russian president’s petition to person this gathering successful personification tomorrow," she said.
Trump said yesterday that location will beryllium "severe consequences" if Putin does not work together to extremity nan war.
The CEO successful chief: How Trump is getting what he wants from large business
For years, blimpish groups and firm leaders based on that nan U.S. authorities would beryllium amended if it were tally for illustration a business.
For Trump, who has controlled his ain businesses for decades, that looks for illustration taking an progressively progressive domiciled successful individual corporations’ affairs, from manufacturing to media to tech firms.
“It’s truthful overmuch different than nan first term,” said a Republican lobbyist whose patient represents respective Fortune 500 companies, who said connected information of anonymity to speak candidly. “He’s conscionable acting for illustration a businessman. In his first term, I deliberation he was trying to cosplay arsenic a politician. He’s much comfortable successful his ain skin, too. He tin explicate deals better.”
Trump’s domiciled represents a break pinch past administrations that whitethorn person been unwilling aliases unable, politically, to bring akin unit to carnivore connected businesses. In nan past, small-government conservatives erstwhile accused erstwhile Democratic administrations of attempting to “pick winners and losers” by trying to modulate industries. Trump coming stands downstream of a bolder right-wing movement that calls for enhanced authorities involution successful firm affairs.
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Trump management hits hurdles arsenic it builds a cardinal migrant detention facility
Laura Strickler, Julia Ainsley and Didi Martinez
Later this week, nan Trump management is group to unfastened a sprawling caller migration detention installation astatine Fort Bliss successful Texas that is slated to yet go nan largest successful nan nation.
The opening comes aft months of setbacks, including 2 investigations into imaginable improper bidding, 2 canceled contracts and, astir recently, a decease connected nan building site.
The facility, which will unfastened pinch capacity to clasp 1,000 people, is simply a cardinal portion of Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s moves to much than double nan abstraction it has nationwide to detain immigrants arsenic nan Trump management pushes for much arrests and nan agency prepares for a historical influx of cash.
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New Zealand female and 6-year-old boy detained by ICE
The family of a New Zealand woman and her 6-year-old boy opportunity they are hoping for their merchandise by nan extremity of nan week aft they were detained past period by U.S. migration authorities complete what her lawyer said was an “administrative error.”
The woman, Sarah Shaw, and her boy Isaac were detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement connected July 24 aft attempting to re-enter nan state from Canada. Shaw, a mother of 3 who lives successful Everett, Washington, was returning from dropping her 2 older children astatine nan airdrome successful Vancouver for a formation to sojourn their grandparents successful New Zealand erstwhile she and her youngest boy were stopped astatine nan border.

Shaw, who moved to nan U.S. much than 3 years agone nether sponsorship from her hubby astatine nan time, is now applying for ineligible imperishable residency independently nether a proviso for survivors of home abuse. In nan meantime, she has a impermanent migration archive known arsenic a “combo card” that authorizes employment, arsenic good arsenic world travel.
Her lawyer, Minda Thorward, told NBC News connection KING successful Seattle that Shaw’s detention stemmed from an “administrative error.” While her activity authorization had precocious been renewed, nan recreation information of her “combo card” was still awaiting approval.
Though Shaw’s boy had a valid recreation document, he was detained arsenic well, and nan 2 of them were sent to an migration detention installation successful Texas, 1 of only 2 successful nan state that tin accommodate families.
Thorward said that it was “unconscionable” for Shaw’s boy to beryllium detained and that migration authorities had nan discretion to parole her into nan U.S. “With everything this management has done, they’ve chosen cruelty intentionally — complete and over,” she said.
The New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs, nan U.S. Embassy successful New Zealand and ICE did not instantly respond to emailed requests for remark extracurricular of business hours.
Shaw’s father, Rod Price, told New Zealand broadcaster RNZ location was a “90% chance” that they would beryllium released by tonight, which successful New Zealand would beryllium tomorrow afternoon. Otherwise, Shaw is group to look earlier a judge later this month.
Shaw useful for nan authorities of Washington counseling younker astatine a juvenile rehabilitation facility. Price said her 2 older children were staying pinch him successful New Zealand until she was released.
Fresh ostentation information shows prices rising much than expected
On nan heels of nan user value scale study this week that showed ostentation remained stubborn, caller information released this greeting spells much bad news.
The shaper value index, which measures nan costs of making user goods, roseate 0.9% past month. That was overmuch much than nan 0.2% summation expected and brought nan yearly complaint to 3.3%.
Stock futures instantly dropped connected nan news, arsenic it could mean that an liking complaint trim successful September conscionable became somewhat little likely.
D.C. constabulary to enforce a 'juvenile curfew zone' this weekend
Police successful Washington, D.C., are establishing a “juvenile curfew zone” for this play successful an area wherever young group are known to gather.
The area will beryllium group up successful Navy Yard, which encompasses Nationals Park, respective organization recreation centers, schools, restaurants and bars.
Teens nether property 17 who are caught violating nan curfew could beryllium ordered to execute up to 25 hours of organization service, unless they are engaged successful definite exempted activities.
The load will beryllium connected parents, too. Any big who “knowingly permits, aliases by insufficient control” violates nan Juvenile Curfew Act is taxable to a good of up to $500 aliases organization service, according to nan rule authorizing nan action.
Navy Yard has been nan segment of respective superior incidents complete nan past respective years involving young people, including successful 2021 erstwhile a 13- and a 15-year-old carjacked an Uber driver with a stun gun, causing nan driver to flip his car and later dice from his injuries.
Mayor Muriel Bowser signed nan Juvenile Curfew Emergency Amendment Act of 2025 into rule successful July, allowing her to group up these targeted curfew zones for 90 days.
Putin says nan Trump management is making 'sincere efforts' to extremity nan war

Elmira Aliieva and Megan Lebowitz
Putin said up of nan Alaska acme that nan Trump management has made "quite energetic and sincere efforts to extremity nan hostilities, extremity nan situation and scope agreements that are of liking to each parties progressive successful this conflict."
Putin besides told his colleagues that conditions for bid could beryllium reached "if by nan adjacent stages we scope agreements regarding power complete strategical violative weapons," nan Kremlin said successful a readout of Putin's remarks translated by NBC News.
His comments came during a gathering to hole for nan summit, according to nan Kremlin.
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Trump and Putin to clasp property convention aft tomorrow's summit, Putin adjutant says
Sean Nevin and Megan Lebowitz
Trump and Putin will clasp a associated property convention aft their gathering tomorrow successful Anchorage, Alaska, according to Putin adjutant Yuri Ushakov.
The gathering will commencement astatine 11:30 a.m. section clip betwixt nan 2 leaders, who will person translators, followed by discussions pinch their delegations present, Ushakov said.
The cardinal taxable will beryllium Ukraine, but nan leaders are besides expected to talk “the further improvement of bilateral cooperation, including successful nan waste and acquisition and economical area,” Ushakov said.
“I would for illustration to statement that this practice has tremendous and, unfortunately, untapped potential,” he added.
White House property caput Karoline Leavitt later confirmed nan bid of nan meetings and nan associated property conference, telling Fox News, “Yes, that is nan plan.”
Zelenskyy meets pinch U.K.’s Starmer arsenic Europe braces for Trump-Putin summit

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British Prime Minister Keir Starmer welcomed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to London today, a time earlier a critical U.S.-Russia acme successful Alaska.
Zelenskyy’s travel to nan British superior comes a time aft he took portion successful virtual meetings from Berlin pinch Trump and nan leaders of respective European countries. Those leaders said Trump had assured them he would make a privilege of trying to execute a ceasefire successful Ukraine erstwhile he meets pinch Russian President Vladimir Putin tomorrow successful Anchorage.
Both Zelenskyy and European leaders person worried nan bilateral U.S.-Russia acme would time off them and their interests sidelined, and that immoderate conclusions reached could favour Moscow and time off Ukraine and Europe’s early information successful jeopardy pinch Russia’s full-scale penetration of Ukraine now successful its 4th year.
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Federal agents successful Trump’s crime crackdown group up checkpoint successful celebrated D.C. nightlife area

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Steps distant from a YMCA, a celebrated bakery and a section pharmacy, a group of rule enforcement officers crossed respective agencies turned a engaged intersection successful a mixed residential-commercial area of Washington, D.C., into a constabulary checkpoint past nighttime arsenic portion of Trump’s directive to ace down connected crime in nan nation’s capital.
Uniformed officers pinch nan Metropolitan Police Department stood alongside Homeland Security Investigations unit and respective plainclothes agents astatine nan checkpoint in nan U Street corridor astatine 1 of nan first checkpoints group up since Trump temporarily put D.C. constabulary nether national power and deployed nan National Guard.
More than 100 protesters soon gathered successful nan Northwest D.C. neighborhood, heckling rule enforcement and chanting “get disconnected our streets” arsenic agents stopped cars and flagged immoderate vehicles for further investigation. Several protesters began informing drivers to debar nan checkpoint.
One conveyance was towed away, pinch witnesses telling NBC News that nan driver was removed from nan sedan and arrested.
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